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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ―Œ ♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣ 15:24, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mark Burgess (illustrator)[edit]

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Deleted, but then Contested WP:REFUND by the subject of the article. Known for Return to the Hundred Acre Wood classic WP:ONEVENT, Probably could be redirected to Return to the Hundred Acre Wood but does not deserve own article Weaponbb7 (talk) 14:27, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • I must respectfully disagree with your interpretation of policy on two points; I think the numerous editorial reviews of the sequel, including in high-profile, globally respected publications like the NY Times and Christian Science Monitor demonstrate that point 3 is met. Also, I also want to point out that notability does not depend on the current state of the article. Notability must be argued solely based on the existence of sources--the state of the article is irrelevant. Cazort (talk) 20:22, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I do not buy the "multiple independent reviews=significant work" part of the story. To me, this equality cannot be concluded from WP:AUTH point 3 which I would read as "the work must be important first, and multiply reviewed second". Books are being reviewed by the thousands, every day. Which means we now have a creative professional who (to me) is not notable per CREATIVE but is after the improvements by Codehydro notable per GNG. Change to weak keep. --Pgallert (talk) 08:29, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I disagree with your interpretation of policy here. I think that the size and scale of an article is irrelevant if the subject meets any of the notability criterion. In particular, I believe that WP:AUTH point 3 is met, others may not agree with my interpretation of that point but that is what I believe and I have not been convinced otherwise and would thus strongly object to this deletion. Also, even if you are resting your argument on the size / scale of the article (which I don't think is a valid interpretation of policy), the article has since been expanded. One source I find questionable but even without that, it's big enough for me if I were judging on the size of the article alone. I maintain my earlier recommendation of strong keep. Cazort (talk) 20:28, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  1. it is not unduly self-serving;
  2. it does not involve claims about third parties;
  3. it does not involve claims about events not directly related to the subject;
  4. there is no reasonable doubt as to its authenticity;
  5. the article is not based primarily on such sources. Cindamuse (talk) 11:44, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you Cindamuse. I'd also like to note that I added four sources since the comment above by Uncle G seems to imply that I only added one. The self-published source is only used to fill in the gaps and is used in a way that is entirely consistant with WP:SOURCES and the policy which Cindamuse cites above. As for Uncle G's concern that works by other Mark Burgesses are included in his list, I noticed that as well, hence why I added the disambiguation above the article. Glad it got taken care of. —CodeHydro 20:09, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The one source: [36] is a blog source and I think some justification is needed in order to consider it WP:RS. But even without that source I would maintain my recommendation to keep this article. Cazort (talk) 20:28, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I posted this remark on Talk:Mark Burgess (illustrator) and it has been suggested to post it here as well. Mark Burgess is an important British illustrator . He certainly qualifies as being notable (or a lot of other articles on illustrators and designers will have to go). Illustration is an important part of modern culture, those who excel should be mentioned in Wikipedia. The article should not be deleted. If it does not meet the other criteria of Wikipedia, than that is the issue that should be addressed. --JHvW (talk) 14:16, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
What does "DYK for 5x expansion" mean? Dream Focus 18:06, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
DYK or WP:Did you know is a way of promoting new content on Wikipedia by featuring articles in the "Did you know" section of the Wikipedia main page for around 6 hours. Basically new articles that are less than five days old that are of a minimum length or articles that have been expanded in length by over five times within the past five days may qualify to promoted this way. It's fairly typical for a DYK article to gain thousands of views in those brief six hours on the front page when it normally may get around 30 per day. —CodeHydro 03:23, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.